Real proof dreams do come true

DEANNA SMITH,, 30, from Bendigo, has been a guard with the Australian basketball squad from 2005 to 2010.

Lauren Jackson

Speak to any of her WNBA rivals, her fans from Seattle to Canberra or any basketball connoisseur and all will extol the virtues of Lauren Jackson.

ABC Learning founder loses Dome

EDDY GROVES'S empire has shrunk a little further after the Commonwealth Bank seized control of the Dome, South Australia's home of basketball, which the ABC Learning founder bought in 2006.

Hopes NBL expansion will net result

AUSTRALIA'S elite men's competition is set to be bigger and stronger next season with league boss Larry Sengstock poised to announce additional teams.

From Khartoum to Connecticut: refugee's story inspires from afar

FOR motivation, he goes back to his African roots and watches the warrior movie Shaka Zulu, but his dorm room at the University of Connecticut is decorated with a kangaroo, a koala and rosary beads.

Hodge escapes a penalty

THE National Basketball League will not take action against Melbourne Tigers import Julius Hodge for his antics following Saturday night's 87-84 win over the Adelaide 36ers.

Tigers need to show their aggression, says co-captain

MARK Worthington hates losing. Despises it. But it is something with which he has become uncomfortably familiar this season, with the Melbourne Tigers rooted to the bottom of the National Basketball League table.

Set for dizzy heights

It is very hard to ignore Liz Cambage. Stathi Paxinos explains why.

Tall-timber Johnson hitting the high notes for Tigers

HIS team might be riddled with injuries and at the bottom of the National Basketball League ladder ahead of tonight's clash with Cairns, but Melbourne Tigers centre Daniel Johnson has plenty to smile about.

Resuscitating basketball coverage

IT SEEMED an unfortunate coincidence that Fox Sports' revamped coverage of the resuscitated National Basketball League began on the same night as the Hey Hey, It's Saturday reunion. As beloved as Andrew Gaze and Plucka Duck once were, both local basketball and the variety show reached their peaks in the early 1990s.

Ever Reddy for success €“ sibling rivalry sparks Joel

KURT REDDY'S ambition is to be the first member of his family to complete a university degree.

Poet recorded last great punk album

JIM CARROLL, the poet and punk rocker, was in the outlaw tradition of Arthur Rimbaud, the poet and libertine, and William Burroughs, the writer, painter and opiate addict.

Panthers survive thrilling try-fest

Penrith 38 Parramatta 34

The No. 1 father-son rule: Teach them well

ANDREW Watts says that since his son Jack was taken at No. 1 in the 2008 AFL draft, he has noticed that people have started telling him that he, Andrew, was good at sport when he was young.